Folliculitis long raised hard bumps, clinical consideration may be keloidal folliculitis, can be eliminated through drug treatment, physical therapy, surgical treatment.
1. Medication: including topical medication, oral medication, and injectable medication.
(1) Topical drugs: topical application of retinoic acid ointment such as adapalene gel, retinoic acid cream, etc., or antibiotic drugs such as erythromycin ointment, mupirocin ointment, etc., which can eliminate inflammation and control infection.
(2) Oral medication: Oral antibiotic drugs such as minocycline, doxycycline, or vitamin A derivatives such as isotretinoin capsules.
(3) Injectable drugs: folliculitis with localized scarring can be used for intradermal injection of tretinoin and compound betamethasone injection.
2. Physical therapy: including laser, photodynamic therapy, electrocautery and other ways.
3. Surgical treatment: folliculitis can be incised and drained when there are raised hard bumps accompanied by abscesses. If there is a large hard lump, the lesion can be excised.
The appearance of folliculitis with raised hard bumps, should promptly go to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.